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Use the new Meeting Content Viewer tool* (KB2707218; download) to convert meeting content saved by Lync Server 2010 Web Conferencing service into a viewable format, such as whiteboard and poll data. This administrative tool can be installed on any supported domain-joined Windows** machine and must have read-only access to the file share where Lync Server 2010 stores the archived conference content and metadata. Additionally, an HTML5-compliant browser is required (Internet Explorer 9, Firefox 10 and Safari 5).

* DMViewer.msi version 7577.199 released Jun 2012
** Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008 R2

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client /Lync Phone Edition / Lync Mobile, Microsoft Office 365 (Lync Online/Exchange Online)

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What better way to start off 2012 than with the exciting announcement of the immediate general availability* of the Lync Voice Call Analyzer (Community Edition) tool!

Over the Christmas 2011 and right past the New Year 2012 period, I have been extremely busy working on the final touches of Lync VCA (CE) besides intensive testing Lync for Mobile / CU4 . This project was undertaken in my spare private time with a real personal need to determine how much (air) audio/voice minutes I have spent communicating via Lync 2010 at any given period of time and with whom.

I hope you find it to be a useful tool that you will keep using on a regular basis as well, much like generating your own ad-hoc statements for your handy, mobile or cell phone usage.

Detail information about Lync VCA from setup, download to step by step guide can be found here. Feedback, comments and suggestions are most welcome!

* GA / RTM

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client, Exchange/Outlook , Community/User Groups, C# (C Sharp)

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NetCmdlets includes powerful cmdlets offering easy access to every major Internet technology, including: SNMP, LDAP, DNS, Syslog, HTTP, WebDav, FTP, SMTP, POP, IMAP, Rexec/RShell, Telnet, SSH, Remoting, and more. Hurry, this offer ends on Christmas day - Happy Holidays!

Get your free PowerShell / NetCmdlets Workstation license* or purchase the NetCmdlets Server License at a special limited time offer!

* limit one per customer

Technorati tags: PowerShell, Community/User Groups

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News flash! The all new graphical version of Lync Voice Call Analyzer (Community Edition) is almost ready to roll off the production floor. Incorporating several of your feedback and by popular demand*, a number of new and improved features have been introduced e.g. CDR reporting. Best of all, it “just-works” where even a regular end-user will feel right at home with the intuitive interface.

You are invited to participate and test out the Windows GUI version of the beta preview. It takes only a couple of minutes and you are ready to (rock-and) roll. This is scheduled to run for the next fortnight or so. Just sign-in and post your request to this blog with your details today!

* based on the initial command-line interface (CLI) /console version

Technorati tags: Microsoft Lync Server/Client, Exchange/Outlook , Community/User Groups, C# (C Sharp)

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Update (2 Dec 2011) - See related blog post for the Windows graphical version Beta Preview.
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Have you ever wondered how much (Lync voice) time you actually used or logged today, this week or last month? Questions like … did I make more Lync calls or chalk up excessive voice minutes in international, long-distance PSTN phone calls? How much time did I spend talking to someone (or so-and-so) over a period of time? What is the average number of participants in the Lync conversations or telephone conference calls that I take part in? Where can I find a useful tool to generate an executive report to capture such information in an easy to use data file format to help justify Return of Investment (ROI)? … may constantly pop up from end-users and management alike.

If you ever asked one or more questions/requirements along similar lines as described above, then Lync Voice Call Analyzer (Community Edition), a C# .NET client-side application that I developed during my own personal spare time, may just be the answer for you!

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A local, synchronized copy of Outlook items is automatically created and saved in a hidden folder* if Cached Exchange Mode is enabled. You can specify a target folder for the offline Outlook Data File (.ost) using the Mail applet in Control Panel to another location on the same computer. This is accomplished by toggling the”Use Cached Exchange Mode” check box followed by “Disable Offline Use” on the Data Files / <Exchange account> / Settings / Advanced tab; see Move an offline Outlook Data File (.ost) for more information.

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Free for personal, non-commercial and educational use, PrimalPad is an advanced editor with built-in color-coding, multiple tab/window, auto row (line) numbering, bookmarking and multi-level undo/redo support, to name a few. This single, no-installation-required executable is available in 32- and 64- bit versions and supports authoring scripts in PowerShell, VBScript, JScript and plain old text files. Check it out yourself to see how it can make your life as an IT Administrator (or developer) easier and less error prone in writing that script!

Technorati tags: PowerShell, Community/User Groups

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Rather than opening individual RDP sessions to your back-end servers with Remote Desktop Connection, consider deploying Microsoft’s internal tool that goes by the name “Remote Desktop Connection Manager”, RDCMan. It offers more flexibility than the Remote Desktops MMC snap-in. For instance, the administrator can group servers into regions or by server roles. On the work pane itself, a live thumbnail view of all connected servers is shown.

This free tool at version 2.2 is now available for public download here.

Technorati tags: Tools/Utilities

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The Recording Converter for Microsoft Office Live Meeting 2007 is a free tool that converts meetings recorded in Office Live Meeting 2007’s High Fidelity Presentation (HFP) format into single movie files using the WMV format. It comprises of the Recording Converter Engine and Graphical User Interface.

The tool runs under Windows XP or higher with the .NET Framework 2.0 and Windows Media Player 9 or higher installed. To capture application or desktop sharing contents in a meeting recording, the Recording Converter should be run on a computer with Office Live Meeting 2007 already installed (as the needed decoders to export these contents are already present).

You can use applications like Windows Media Encoder, Windows Movie Maker or my favorite Camtasia Studio application to do additional transcoding or editing for specific purposes.

Find out more and download this tool here and here.

Technorati tags: LCS/OCS, OCS 2007 R2

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At many of my speaking engagements and blog posts, a lot of people keep coming up to me and post the same question -  what is the awesome program I use to create, author and playback video or run some of my demos? The application is Camtasia Studio from TechSmith.

Out-of-the-box, it supports a wide range of compatible formats like Silverlight Windows Media Video / Audio (WMV/WMA), Adobe Flash (SWF, FLV), MPEG-4 (H.264/AAC), .MOV, .MP4 or even .AVI from your digicam. You can edit and fine-tune the video and audio tracks separately on a granular timeline to your heart’s content by adding 3D tilt video effect prior to media production, for instance. Go check it out and the Visual Lounge blog today!

Vielen von euch haben mich diese Frage gestellt - wie heisst das Anwendungsprogramm, welches ich bei den verschiedenen Events und Blogs sowohl Videoaufnahme auch als Demos Wiedergabe durchgeführt habe? Der Name des Programms ist Camtasia Studio von der Firma TechSmith. Eine Ausgabe auf Deutsch mit entsprehendem Visual Lounge Blog (deutschsprachige) ist jetzt verfügbar. Mehr über die Features können Sie hier erfahren.

Si vous avez interéssé, vous pouvez téléchargér le programme Camtasia Studio (en français) de TechSmith ce que je montre dans ce blogue et pendant les démonstrations dans les événements différents. Il est possible de faire des enregistrements audiovisuells et les contrôler particulière avant la production finale. Voir les caractéristiques (features) et visitez-vous aussi le Visual Lounge blogue pour des informations actuels.

Technorati tags: Tools/Utilities

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